Charts: Finder charts for this object may be plotted by entering the coordinates above into VSP: http://www.aavso.org/vsp

Notes: This object was announced as Nova Sagittarius 2009 in IAU Circular Number 9041 (Daniel W.E. Green, editor). Spectroscopy by Kinugasa et al. indicates a classical nova in the decline phase. This nova apparently reached a maximum of m ~ 11.7 (unfiltered) on or about 2009 April 21.711. The nova was originally reported as a brightening of the USNO-B1.0 star 0639-0570762, but further astrometry suggests the progenitor is approximately 1.8 arcseconds away, and is thus not the USNO-B1.0 object; the coordinates listed above are the revised coordinates.

This object has been assigned the name "VSX J174408.4-260548" with the AUID "000-BJP-183"; the name "Nova Sgr 2009" may also be used.